Returning to New Zealand Fashion Week after a five-year hiatus, fashion designer Kate Sylvester closed three days of trade shows with a collection representing the reasons behind the ongoing success of her brand.
The designer presented a range inspired by author Donna Tartt, with a focus on shirting, billowy greatcoats, A-line midis and male models in womenswear - referencing the menswear roots of the collection, and its inspiration, Tartt's novel The Secret History.
It furthers the designer's ongoing literary obsession, with her current in-store collection inspired by Eleanor Catton's The Luminaries.
On Monday night, Sylvester officially opened Fashion Week with a rousing speech that threw down the gauntlet to the Government to support the new generation of creative talent as today's established brands once were. "There's more to New Zealand than mutton and milk."
Meanwhile, the New Zealand Fashion Weekend opens tomorrow.
